We are new joiners in the Hallberg-Rassy Connectie. Robbert-Jan gave us a warm welcome and asked us to introduce ourselves a bit to the HRC family. So here a little more about us, and our HR 43 Mk I Rangatira, our second Hallberg-Rassy. We are both Chilean, live and work in Santiago. Francisca is 50 […]
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Behind the scenes, we are working hard on our Hallberg-Rassy Connectie spring event in the North region. As previously announced during our members’ meeting prior to the Captains dinner in Antwerp and the New Year’s reception, this year we are going to Terschelling during the Whitsun weekend. It will be a multi-day sailing event. The […]
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On the Atlantic side, Shelter Bay marina, once an American base, is hidden behind a long breakwater that protects the Panama Canal against wind and currents. It is where the World ARC (WARC) fleet is prepared for the “Transit” of the Canal. On both sides, you need to pass through 3 locks: three chambers up […]
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On Saturday February 8th the second session of the engine maintenance workshop took place in Schoonhoven. In the company building of Matthijs Block (HR 352 Rianne) eight Hallberg-Rassy Connectie members will be taught and will experience for themselves how to carry out the most elementary maintenance of the ship’s diesel in the future. Led by […]
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Due to a cancellation due to passage of Ciara, the radar course has been rescheduled to March 1st! Unfortunately, this date does not fit for every member who signed up. The course is now fully booked again. If you are still interested, let us put you on the waiting list. Info: Bernard Stockman, commissariszuid@hallbergrassyconnectie.com […]
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Make a circumnavigation with your yacht and you will always encounter new and unexpected surprises and discoveries. After Santa Marta in Columbia, I didn’t think there’d be much to write about our trip until going through the Panama Canal. But no; we saw lots of new things. So here’s a short piece about the leg […]
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Connectie speaking with Germán Frers: Quality in modesty! You can design a beautiful ship, but if the builder makes a pot of it, your design won’t last long. It will be different if you can find a builder who knows how to bring that design to life as the designer intended. And the other way […]
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Saturday 11th January 2020 saw the departure from Rodney Bay marina in Saint Lucia of the 2020-21 World ARC. 34 boats crossed the line to set off on a trip just over 820 miles to Santa Marta in Columbia. During the entire preparatory period in St. Lucia the weather had been excellent, punctuated by the […]
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German bocht It’s been a while since we last sailed through the German curve. Before 2012 we often went on holiday in the direction of Scandinavia; Denmark, Western Sweden and the East and Southwest coast of Norway…. Our previous boat (HR42E) we “hibernated” from 2010-2012 in Augustenborg, Denmark. We sailed a lot in Denmark. Nice […]
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To look to the future together, we would like to invite you to our Hallberg-Rassy Connectie network New Year’s Eve 2020, which we are organising on 12 January from 3.30pm to 5.30pm in Scheveningen. Tightening existing connections or getting to know other Hallberg-Rassy owners will be the focus of the New Year’s party. Please note: […]
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The ARC-organisation had prepared two beautiful excursions for us in the Cape Verde Islands; the first one was an island tour of Sao Miguel, the island with Mindelo as it capital. The second excursion was a visit to Santo Antao, a neighbouring island which contrary to the dry Sao Miguel is a green and luscious […]
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Come to Boot Düsseldorf 2020 on January 20th and take part in an exclusive Meet & Greet Connection with Germán Frers It’s the 50th time Hallberg-Rassy has had a stand on boat Dusseldorf. A striking moment. With great thanks to Germany coordinator Thom van Megen (HR 40 Tosue) we managed to give this fact a […]
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Boat: Morgane of Sark. HR 46 Crew: Herco and Elvira Tibboel and tekkel Evy. Daughters Mila and Merel are also regular members. Travel destination: Eastern Baltic Sea, Stockholm, Helsinki and maybe Tallinn. We had stayed in Muiden… It’s been a while since we went on the road, but we’re picking up the thread again. It […]
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For this event, all means of transport are used by our connection members, except for the airplane, to get to Antwerp. Twan and Marleen (HR 36 “Kendu”) came by sailboat, André and Annet (HR 53 “Obsession”) by motorboat, Rutger and Madeleine (HR 46 “Esperanza”) by bicycle and the undersigned by train. We (Nicolette and Edwin […]
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On Saturday 1 and 8 February we are organising a motor maintenance training in cooperation with Matthijs Blonk of HR352 Rianne. For many of us engine maintenance is something we like to leave to a specialist. But what if something happens to the cooling water in a foreign port or country, the V-belt is stretched […]
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Cold, cold, cold and grey, grey, grey: that would be a good summary of our first ARC Plus leg from Las Palmas to Mindelo – 950 miles (860 in a straight line) and 6 full days at sea. Moreover, there was a lot of wind during the first 3 days of this trip. Nice for […]
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Increase your safety at sea A radar is one of the most valuable devices for safe navigation. It is a very good tool to navigate and prevent a collision when visibility is poor. We can determine the distance and direction to coastlines, buoys and ships. With a RADAR we can get a picture of the […]
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From Madeira to Lanzarote is not that far – the distance to be covered actually fits onto a single British Admiralty chart N°3133! It’s only two days sailing: just the time you need to start to get used to living on the high seas. Again I had overestimated the time needed, and we had to […]
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We are pleased to send you the programme for our annual captains dinner on Saturday the third of November, which was put together for us by our Belgium HRC coordinator Rutger Steenmeijer (HR Esperanza). This year our Captains dinner will be hosted by the Royal Yacht Club Belgium (RYCB). Since June 2017, the Royal Yacht Club […]
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“Traffic centre Wemeldinge, this is the Grobbebol yacht: are there any other details? Grobbebol: no details; stay standby”. On Saturday September 28th Nicolette and I don’t get in the boat to go to an HRC-event, but in the car. A strange feeling when you are used to being present at an event with the Grobbebol. […]
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